GGM Public Relations and Communication
Manager, Tenga Tenga, said in Dar es Salaam that the number of
participants in the campaign has more than doubled to 100 compared to 40
last year.
‘Kili Challenge’ was initiated 15 years
ago by GGM in collaboration with TACAIDS and other stakeholders and last
year they managed to raise over 800m/- .
The 2016 Kili Challenge will be graced
by former president, Dr Jakaya Kikwete and closed by the Kilimanjaro
Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Said Meck Sadiki.
“The funds raised in the period of 15
years when ‘Kili Challenge Fund’ kicked off have contributed immensely
in reducing the HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country through support to
governmental and non-governmental institutions involved in the fight
against the pandemic,” he said.
He said 50 participants in the ‘Kili
Challenge’ will climb to the pick of Mount Kilimanjaro while the other
group will be riding bicycles across the country for almost the whole
week of the campaign from 16th to 22nd of July, this year.
He said there is increased awareness
among within and outside the country on the campaign that has attracted
more participants to ensure the three zeroes, which is zero in new HIV/
AIDS cases, zero in death due to AIDS and zero in stigma.
TACAIDS representative Mr Dickson Peter
said this year’s Kili challenge will see also the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) country representative taking part in the
campaign.
He said the collections made every year
in the challenge have helped in the construction of new centres in
various parts of the country that are crucial in providing various
services pertaining to HIV/AIDS, particularly awareness creation.
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